Detachable hame-clip.



PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

J. S. GU$SON. DETAGHABLE HAME CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 3, 1904.

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DETACHABLE: HAME-CLIP.

K Specification ofLetters Fatent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application filed December 3, 1904. Serial No. 235,400.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J APHET S. .(lUssoN, acitizen of the United States,residing at Dekalb, in the county of Dekalb and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Detachable Hame-Clip, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to clips which serve as a connection between thehame and the tug; and the objects of my invention are, first,

- to provide a clip which can be easily detached and replaced by a newone when it becomes worn out; second, to make a strong, durable, andcheap device; third, to prevent the accidental disconnection of the clipfrom the hame, and other objects to become apparent from the descriptionto follow.

I am aware that detachable clips for connecting the tug to the hame havebeen made prior to my invention, and I do not, therefore, make claim tosuch a construction broadly. On the other hand, I do not desire to belimited to the exact construction shown only as is necessary by theprior state of the art.

The construction and use of harnesses are such as to cause a greatamount of wear on the clip loop or hook connected to the eye or stapleon the hame and causes the clip tov become worn and break often. In agreat many cases these clips are made partly of iron and partly ofleather, or either. They are connected to the tug in such manner that aperson desiring to replace a worn-out clip with a new one must have anumber of tools and be somewhat familiar with harness construction andin most cases prefers to go to a harness-shop to have the repair made.

My invention is intended to fulfil the longfelt want of a cheap anddurable clip of such simple construction that an ordinary reasonableperson can properly disconnect and connect the same without any specialtools.

The clip consists of a metal bar or strip provided at one end with apair of ears or lugs by means of which it is pivotally secured to thetug and an open eye or hook at the other end by means of which it isconnected to the hame.

To describe my invention more in detail, I will refer to theaccompanying sheet of drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is an elevation of a clip made in accordance with myinvention connected to a tug. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken online 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section I taken on line 3 3 ofFig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a de- Ltail view of the clip detached.

In the drawings, 5 is the tug, only a part ofwhich is shown. The tug ispreferably made of metal with itsend 6 doubled back on itself andriveted or secured in any way'to form the loop or eye 7 for thereception of a pin or bolt 8. The pin 8 forms the pivotal or hingedconnection betweenthe tug 5 and the clip 9, the clip being provided withperforated lugs or ears 10, through which the pin 8 extends.

The pin 8 is provided with a head 11 to limit its movement in onedirection through the ears 10 and loop 7 and when theparts are in properposition the end 12 of the pin 8 is given several sharp blows with ahammer, so as to swage it out and prevent the withdrawal of the pin 8from the ears 10 and loop 7. When it is desired to disconnect the clip 9from the tug 5, either the head 8 or the swaged end 12 is removed bycutting or filing and the pin withdrawn from the loop 7 and cars 10.

The end of the clip 9 opposite that end to which the ears 10 are securedis provided with the hook or eye 13, preferably made integral with theclip. This hook 13 is connected to a staple or an eye provided on thehame. (Not shown.) The hook 13 must be so constructed that it can behooked into the staple or eye on the hame, and to prevent it becomingaccidentally disconnected from said staple or eye the free end of thehook 13 is extended out into a long slender tongue 14, the end of whichis prevented from being bent away from the clip 9, preferably by beingprovided with a loop extending about the pin 8.

I desire to be understood not to limit myself by the appended claims tothe exact construction shown and described any more than is necessarybythe prior state of the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a detachable hame-clip, a clip provided at one end with perforatedlugs and at the remaining end with a hook, a removable pin to passthrough said perforation about which said clip is pivoted, and the freeend of said hook provided with an extension, to engage said pin, wherebyit is secured against movement away from said clip.

2. A clip;pr0vided at one end with perforated lugs and at the other endwith a hook, a removable pin to pass through said perforated lugs, andthe free end of said hook provided with an extension the end of whichnormally lies under said pin and is prevented from moving away from saidclip.

3. A clip provided at one end with two lugs provided with perforationswhich are in alinement, a removable pin to pass through saidperforations, the other end of said clip provided with an integral hookand the free end of said hook provided with an integral extension thefree end of which is provided with a loop extending around saidremovable pin.

4. In a device of the class described, a tug provided with a perforatedlug, a clip provided atone end with two perforated lugs and at itsremaining end with a hook provided with a looped extension and aremovable pin arranged to pass through the perforation in said tug-lug,the perforations in said clip-lugs and the loop on said hook extensionthereby, pivotally, securing said tug, said clip and said hook extensiontogether.

5. In a device of the class described, a tug provided with a loop, aclip provided with perforated lugs at one-end and a hook having a loopedextension at the remaining end, and apin for securing said loops andsaid perforation in axial alinement.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 14th day of November, 1904,at Dekalb, Illinois.

a J APHET S. CUSSON. Witnesses:

PETER A. PETERSON, LEON M. GOLDSMITH.

